Paranoia and modernity : Cervantes to Rousseau /
Farrell, John,1957-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2006.
Includes index.
Agent and other -- The responsible knight -- The knight errant -- Luther and the devil's world -- The terrors of reform -- The science of suspicion -- The demons of Descartes and Hobbes -- Pascal and power -- The art of polite disguise -- Swift and the satiric absolute -- A flight from humanity -- Invisible agents -- Rousseau's great plot -- An attempted escape -- Epilogue : paranoia and postmodernism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Civilization, Modern
Paranoia
Paranoia in literature.
Agent (Philosophy)
Personality and culture.